Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-17
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
What Was Going on One Hundred
Years Ago.

From Jtdy's 4nnu,l.
what was doing in the world 100 years
ago-in 1862 Let us see, now. Here
are newspapers, magazines aud an old
pocSet-book. What is this? The story OF
the Queens necklace. Cardinal de Ro-
nan had nursed for ten years an insane
love for Marie Antoinette; and the Coun-
tess de la Motto, to make capital of tuis
Holly, induced the cardinal to believe that
the Queen reciprocated his passion, ana
after eNtOrllng various sums OF money
persuaded him TO buy diamond meek
lace, made by Boehmer for Madame Du,
parry, as present tor the Queen. De
Roman swallowed the bait, handed the
necklace to the countess to give to the
Queen, and received letter OF acknowl-
edg ement signed Marie Antoinette de
france. The countess, in reality, sold
the necklace in England, but the ieweler
not being paid, applied to the Queen for
his money. and as the Queen denied all
knowledge of the mater, brought an &C
ton against her. The trial lasted nine
months and created immense scandal.
The Comte de la Motto was fully con-
Vlcted OF contempt OF court, and condemn
ed, when taken, to be whipped and
marked with the letters G A l., aud to be
sent to the galleys for life. Madame
Jeanne Valois de la Motto was ordered to
be whipped and marked with the letter Y
upon her two shoulders, with a halter
round the neck, and confined for life in
the Salpetriere. Vllette was banlshed.
The Cardinal de Roban and NJ. de Gag
nostro were discharged from all accusa-
tioD, while Mile. DIVA was dis
missed the court. The sentence on the
unfortunate ladv was carried out on June
u. When the sentence was read to her,
1t threw her into the most frantic rage.
and she uttered fearful Imprecations
against the court, the Parliament and the
cardinal, but her courage deserted her
when she felt the haugman placing the
rope about her neck, while at the sight of
the instruments for her further punish
ment. the brand. ETC., and red hot fire,
she cursed and swore in the most I'M
womanlke manner. 1t was with difficulty
that the hot iron could be applied 10 her
shoulders. She rolled on the ground and
kicked at the eXecutioner with such vio-
lence, that some strength was required to
perform the ingnomini0us operation. The
instant IL was accomplished she was con-
Quoted to the Salpetrlere. w hat was do
ing at home? Here is an English cheat
dangerous one, too. An impostor, I'M
der pretense of being a cripple, had long
been charge upon the Parish Of God
stone, in Surrey, and, on being detected
~ d SuISeOn VI budO JOWU, Threw d
bill at that gentleman's legs as he was
proceeding with his son to the poor house.
He then pursued aud, overtaking them,
brought the father TO the ground by a
blow from his crutch ;this was followed by
a repetition of blows upon the head with
his handful, until it was actually buried
in the skull. The unfortunate surgeons
hand was also severed fOm the arm III
endeavoring to save his head, ana
thumb was atterward found at some dis
lance. AT this terrible moment the little
boy, seIzing the murderers Gu ch, struck
hlm such blow that iJ staggered him,
but, fearing his fathers fate. he ran to
call for assistance, and in the mean
while the villain made of, though soon
after he was found hid in a copse. On
being seized, he lamented that the over
seer had escaped his vengeance. They
hanged people in the streets 100 years
ago. In January, john Hogan, a muiatto,
was executed Oh gibbet, in Charlotte
street, for the murder of the servant of a
Mr.. Orreli, OF that street. 1t appears that
the last gibbeJ erected in England was
tor George Cook, bookbinder OF Leices-
ter, who was executed or the murder OF
Mr.. Pass, a London commercial traveller.
Cooks body was put on a gibbet 33 feet
high, on Saturday, Aug. IL, 1882, i'll Saff-
ron lane, Aylestone, near Leicester, but
owing to great distur Dances which arose
among the crowds OF people who thronged
the place Oh SUNDAYS, il was broken down
by order of the Secretary of State, and
buried on the spot where the gibbet
stood